AMI Expo was co-located with the Food Marketing Institute 2012 Show, United Fresh Produce Association's United Fresh and the U.S. Food Showcase, bringing together almost 1,200 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees in Dallas. Processors from all over the world will convene to see and discuss the latest technology innovations in packaging, processing equipment, ingredients and services that are changing the meat and poultry industry. Several of the AMI Foundation's education conferences have included: the Animal Care and Handling Conference, October 19–20, 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri; the Meat and Poultry Research Conference, November 1–2, 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri; the Annual Meat Conference, February 19–21, 2012 in Orlando, Florida; and the Worker Safety, Human Resources & the Environment Conference, March 14–15, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. There are annual education conferences, topical workshops, award programs, committee meetings and annual trade shows. Every event was a conglomeration of thought aimed at creating opportunities for various industry processors, suppliers and press to learn, network and find solutions to various problem. Other events included: the International Production in Atlanta, GA | January 27–29, 2015, the Environmental Conferences Atlanta, GA | January 26–27, 2015, the Annual Meat Conference in Nashville, TN | February 22–24, 2015, the Worker Safety and Human Resources Conference in Kansas City, KS | April 22–23, 2015 and lastly the Animal Care and Handling Conference in Kansas City, MO | October 15–16, 2015. The Worldwide Food Expo is a biannual event. AMI Foundation funded research The AMI Foundation was renamed to be the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education (Foundation) in 2016. It provides research funding to universities, private institutions, non-profit organizations and other foundations to conduct research to enable the meat and poultry industry to produce better, safer products and to operate more efficiently. The Foundation publicly disseminates research findings, best practices and other educational materials on a broad range of food safety, worker safety, nutrition and consumer information projects. Since 1999, the AMI Foundation research program has directly sponsored food safety research projects at leading universities and research labs totaling more than $8 million. A list of Foundation completed research projects on the subjects of: E.coli O157:H7 Non O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli Listeria monocytogenes Salmonella Campylobacter Diet and Health Sodium Nitrite Other Food Safety References External links AMI operates several websites with information for industry members, consumers and the media: American Meat Institute (official site) American Meat